Byron Tau on the New U.S. Surveillance State
New format alert! We are experimenting with publishing additional interview episodes! These will not replace the normal weekly show. Rather, we'll upload an interview with people we find interesting w...
27 Feb 202434min
A Deepfake Nightmare + Vibrator Malware
A ton of stuff to talk about this week. We start with Jason and Emanuel's dive into how a deepfake nudify app rocked a high school. We got a copy of the police report, and more than anything else it s...
21 Feb 202445min
An Open Source Search Engine to Replace Google
We've got a real variety this week. First, Emanuel talks about Paradox.ai, a tool that massive brands like McDonald's, CVS, and FedEx are using to screen job applicants. It uses a bit of AI, but reall...
14 Feb 202437min
Inside a Fraud Factory
This week we start with Joseph's investigation into OnlyFake, an underground website that lets anyone generate convincing photos of fake IDs at the click of a mouse. Joseph successfully used one of th...
7 Feb 202447min
This Is It. The Deepfake Reckoning
(I went in and fixed the audio issue! Please make sure your podcast client has the latest version downloaded. Okay, back to working on an investigation now, thank you for bearing with us) This week's ...
1 Feb 202450min
Why Google Is Shit Now
We're doing something a little different this episode. For the whole free section of the podcast, we're talking all about the degradation of Google. That includes AI-generated articles making their wa...
25 Jan 202450min
Google Finally Endorses Right to Repair
Well, that was a pleasant surprise: Google has formally endorsed right to repair! Jason not only broke this news but then had a long conversation with Google about why it made the change (spoiler: it ...
17 Jan 202433min
Deepfaked Celeb Scam Ads Are All Over YouTube
Jason decided to publish our first story minutes before recording, so here is some hot off the presses material. That piece was about scam ads on YouTube involving deepfaked celebrities. After the bre...
10 Jan 202438min
